Sometimes to make the students not be bored, teachers play a film in the class and watch it with the students. The students do not only watch the film, but
they also have to be able to relate the film with the topic of the lesson. So, they can enjoy the film and learn the materials all at once in the class. A teacher of
LBPP LIA said that watching film in the class is one of effective way in teaching the students, but not all topics can be related with the film. So, that activity is
done occasionally, depend of the topic of the lesson. The students of LBPP LIA assumed that their teachers’ teaching technique
in the class is very fun and interesting. They said that they very enjoy being involved in every activity in the class. The techniques applied by teachers are
effective and be able to improve the students’ English ability.
d. Teaching Media Used by Teachers
The setting of classroom is important in determining the successful of teaching learning process. The seats in classroom of LBPP LIA are set in half
circle row, in order to maximize the students’ attention to the class. The amount of students in every class are also determined. The minimal number of students in a
class is 6 students, and the maximal number is 22 students. By fulfilling every class with ideal number of students, it is expected that the students will be able to
focus to the teaching learning process, and teachers can monitor the students, so that the goal of the course will be achieved.
To make the class cooler and more comfortable, air conditioner always available in every classroom. The teaching media which available in every
classroom are whiteboard and tape recorder. While TV and DVD are only
available in some classes. Both are usually used in classroom for higher level, like Intermediate or High Intermediate level.
The teaching media which are available in the class is enough and helpful, but needs to be completed more to keep the situation comfort. As suggested by
LIA students: “Saran untuk LBPP LIAnya?”
“TV, DVDnya ditambah, biar ga usah pindah ruang kalo mau pake.”
LIA teachers get enough facilities to support their teaching development, creativity, and update their teaching material. The facilities consist of library,
foreign books, newspaper, magazine, internet, and TV cable. The teachers stated that the facilities given for the teachers’ development are quite good and enough.
They assume that those facilities can improve their competence and creativity in teaching.
Beside the ready-use material from the institution, LBPP LIA teachers also make, find and buy their own media for their teaching, such as chart, pictures, and
flash cards. Those supplement media are used to create more innovation in their teaching and hopefully the students can enjoy the lesson through the media.
3. The Extend of Human Resource Management HRM Roles towards the Improvement of Teaching Quality of LIA Teachers
Based on teachers’ consideration, the Human Resource Management roles in LBPP LIA which carried out by HRD gave improvement to teachers’ teaching
quality. It is because LBPP LIA Surakarta through HRD has given good treatment to the teachers. The roles of HRM itself including 1 recruitment and selection,
2 work discipline, 3 kind of teacher training programs; 4 facilities, 5 salary,
incentive, bonus, and insurance and; 6 work environment. Here is the summary of in-depth interview result with LBPP LIA teachers.
From the in-depth interview with 4 teachers of LBPP LIA which consist of 2 full-timers and 2 part-timers, it founds that: 1 All teachers stated that the
recruitment process in LBPP LIA is very tight, hard and takes long time. Those long and difficult recruitment makes them keep motivated to show their best
work performance. 2 All teachers assume that the work discipline which is applied in LBPP LIA is very important and be able to motivate them to work
away. 3 Three teachers stated that the training program held in LBPP LIA is beneficial and helpful for the development of their knowledge and teaching
quality. While one teacher said that the training programs sometimes improve the teaching quality, but sometimes not. It is because sometimes the topic given in the
training program is already known by the teacher, so it just a repetition for her. 4 All the teachers said that the facilities they have got are sufficient and helpful for
their self-development in teaching English. 5 The salary, incentive and bonus received by the teachers are appropriate with their responsibility as teachers. The
teachers also stated that the amount of the salary, incentive and bonus are reasonable. Those payments can motivate the teacher to work optimally. 6 The
full-timers get insurances and pension fund from the institution. Those are gave them guarantee in their work continuance in LIA. While for part-timers, the
unavailability of insurances and pension fund is not a big deal for them. Until now, they still enjoy work in LBPP LIA. 7 The teachers proposed that the work
environment in LBPP LIA is very comfortable. The relationship between
employees is very close, and there is no gap between teachers and supervisor. The pleasant work environment brings them more enjoy working together in LBPP
LIA. From the explanation above, it can be seen that teachers of LBPP LIA both
full-timers and part-timers feel that they are treated well by the institution. It seems that the teachers love to work in LBPP LIA. It is proved that the good
treatment and enough facilities provided by LBPP LIA can improve teachers’competence and teaching quality.
The theory constructed from the research findings is that Human Resource Management HRM roles in LBPP LIA which are carried out by HRD gave
improvement to teachers’ teaching quality, in the case of salary, incentive, bonus, insurance, facilities, training program, and work environment.
B. Discussion
This section presents the justification of theories constructed from the research findings and the theories proposed by experts. In an organization, the
management of employees payment is crucial. Byars and Rue 1997: 17 states that in motivating employees, most of the focus has been on money, such as wage
or salary, overtime pay, incentives, and benefits. In LBPP LIA, the salary, incentive, and bonus has received by teachers are enough. The salary are suitable
with the resposibility of teachers’ work in LIA. So that the teachers are motivated to perform their best work performance.
